Loop for thill-supports.



A. BERNSTEIN.

LOOP FOR THILL SUPPORTS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1911.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

LOOP FOR THILL-SUPPORTS.

Application filed September 9, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Loops for Thill-Supports, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to loops for thill supports whereby the thill support is attached to the saddle, and has for its object the provision of a loop so mounted as to hold the thill support away from the saddle, and to give elasticity to the back-band, to the end that any additional weight thrown on the shafts, or any jarring or jolting of said shafts, may not be communicated to the saddle causing the same to rub and chafe the horses skin, and thus producing lacerations and sores.

A further object is to provide such a loop having forward and rearward motion, to prevent the saddle from sliding or being jerked about when the horse either starts or stops, or when the pace is increased or decreased during travel; this being also the cause of lameness and sores, as, for instance, when the horse stops, the sudden push on the shafts pulls the saddle forward and frequently results in sores under the legs and upon the belly where the girth is fastened.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a rear elevation showing a saddle equipped with my new loops; Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section; Fig. 3 is an elevation of the tension arm; Fig. 4 is a perspective of a modification, showing the application of my new loop without the tension arm.

The numeral 1 indicates the saddle tree. The ends of said saddle tree terminate in perforated knuckles 2. On a pin 3' supported between said knuckles, the tension arm 4 is rotatably mounted, flanges 5 of said arm fitting against the outer sides of said knuckles, as shown in Fig. 3. Mounted on said pin is the tension spring 6; said spring being interposed between notches in said knuckles, as shown in Fig. 2, and the under side of said tension arm, normally holding Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. so, iais.

Serial No. 648,518.

said arm in the position shown at the left in Fig. 1, a lug 7 on said arm being provided to hold the ends of the spring in position. The free end of said arm is formed into a loop 8, in which is rotatably mounted the loop holder 9. Said holder 9 is formed with a slot in its free end, in which is pivotally mounted the loop for thill support 10. The shank of said loop has flat sides which bear against the sides of the slot; and the opening in said shank is larger than the pin 11, upon which it is mounted, so that ball bearings 12 may be interposed, said ball bearings being of a size to bear also against the sides of the slot.

The operation of my invention will be apparent from the foregoing description. The elevation of the tension arm, maintained by the spring, will hold the loop away from the saddle, and in such position that any jerking or jarring of the shafts will be absorbed by the resilience of the tension arm and the forward and backward movements of the loop in the holder 9.

It may at times be desirable to provide a loop in which the tension arm is omitted, and when this is desired, the holder 9 may be mounted between the knuckles, as shown in Fig. 4.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4, a plate 13 is provided, which may be attached to any saddle by means of the saddle rings, as shown, and the same may be used either with or without the tension arm. The knuckles on said plate are identical with those on the saddle tree 1. By using plate 13 it will be seen that any saddle may be equipped with my new loop.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In combination with a saddle, aloop for a thill support comprising a holder, means whereby said holder is pivotally mounted on said saddle and maintained at a distance therefrom, and a loop pivotally mounted in said holder, the pivotal axis of said loop being at right angles to the axis of said holder, said loop being adapted to receive the thill support to aflix the same to said saddle.

2. In combination with a saddle, a loop adapted to receive the thill support to affix for a thill support comprising a tension arm the same to said saddle. 10 rotatably mounted on said saddle, a holder In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set rotatably mounted in said tension arm, my hand this 5th day of September, 1911. means whereby said tension arm is adapted ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN. normally to maintain said holder at an ele- Witnesses:

vation with reference to' said saddleyand a ARTHUR H. EWALD,

loop pivotally mounted in said holder and v EARL W. GRIFFIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, .by addressing the Commissioner 0! Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

